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The Pasta Boyfriend Twins and Benji's "First Valentine's Together" Tweet refers to viral discourse about a tweet shared by Twitter / X user Benji (@bxnjibxy) on Valentine's Day 2025. Benji is a gay man and the tweet showed a photo of him and his boyfriend before their pasta dinner, captioned, "First Valentine's together 💌." The tweet caused a viral debate about same-sex couples who look almost identical because Benji and his boyfriend look similar, as they were both white and had short brown hair, mustaches and stubble. Many joked that they looked like brothers, siblings or twins. The chatter was mostly among X users in the LGBTQ+ community who believed that many queer couples in same-sex relationships tended to date their "twins." Some expressed contempt for this purported phenomenon. Others countered the contempt and ill-will aimed at Benji and his boyfriend, condemning the stereotype and the negative reaction to their post. Many joked about Benji and his boyfriend unintentionally becoming a "think piece" simply by posting a wholesome Valentine's Day photo likely meant for a small audience of friends.

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On February 14th, 2025, X^[1] user @bxnjibxy tweeted two photos. The first showed him and his boyfriend. The second showed their pasta dinner. The caption read, "First Valentine's together 💌." The tweet received over 58.8 million views and 113,000 likes in five days (shown below).

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The post accrued viral quote tweets in the following days, the first of which was shared by X^[2] user @fionaspawn on February 15th, 2025, who attached a meme called, "White gays be like 'meet my boyfriend,'" which jokes about white gay people choosing partners who look similar to them. The quote amassed over 555,000 likes in four days (shown below).

On February 16th, X^[3] user @mikeofficial quoted the post, writing, "So annoying that people hated on this because they look similar. People should be hating on the low vibrational non-lifestyle dinner they're having," gaining over 2,000 likes in three days (shown below).

Later on February 16th, 2025, X^[4] user @quepaso_daniel quoted the tweet, writing, "OK I am going to be woke." He then urged people to stop roasting the couple on X which is run by Elon Musk, the "repugnant bigot" referenced by @quepaso_daniel. The post received over 89,000 likes in three days (shown below).

On February 17th, X^[5] user @Ariellex1_ quoted the tweet, writing, "My worst fear is posting a cute photo and accidentally becoming a think piece," amassing over 193,000 likes in two days (shown below).

During the same timeframe, internet users began calling the couple the "Pasta Boyfriend Twins," such as X^[6] user @giovanniroomba on February 18th, 2025, who shared a TikTok from model and influencer Alex Consani, captioning it, "This old Alex Consani TikTok summarizes the reactions to the pasta boyfriend twins post quite succinctly." Consani says in the video, "I'm gonna be a little twink. I'm gonna be a bottom. Where's my pasta dinner?" The tweet received over 5,400 likes in a day (shown below).

This old Alex Consani TikTok summarizes the reactions to the pasta boyfriend twins post quite succinctly pic.twitter.com/CZWey6wmav

— giovanni’s roomba (@giovanniroomba) February 18, 2025

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